merge_rare_levels {proBatch} | R Documentation

## Replaces rare levels with other

### Description

Replaces levels with a maximal occurrence of 1 with `other`

### Usage

    merge_rare_levels(column, rare_thr = 2)

### Arguments

`column` | column of the data whose rare categories need to be merged to "other"
`rare_thr` | minimal number of times for a category to be represented to be declared as "rare" and converted to "other"

### Value

column with rare occurrences replaced by other

[Package proBatch version 1.6.0 Index]